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Universal-International Newsreel

Item number (ISN):

326427

Series title:

Universal-International Newsreel

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1942

Item number (ISN):

326427

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

SPEELMAN, Chris

Accession:

2001-0158

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1942

Release date:

1942-05-25

Production company:

Canadian edition
Universal Pictures

Production credit:

narrator, Alois Havrilla; Ed Herlihy

Country of production:

us
~

Description:

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In England: Mountbatten in Command. Louis Mountbatten is appointed chief of combined military operations; Mountbatten is shown boarding a battleship and inspecting its crew.~Ottawa, Ont.: Air Delegates Visit Birdmen. Leaders of 14 allied nations meet in Ottawa to coordinate plans to train their airforce; dignitaries, including William Lyon Mackenzie King, pose on the steps of Parliament; soldiers parade on Parliament Hill; pilots walk to their planes and take off; planes are seen from the air and ground as the dignitaries look on.~Guatemala: U.S. Officer Heads Cadets. As part of the "good neighbor policy" cadets at "Guatemala"s West Point" receive their training under the command of U.S. Colonel Glass. Cadets are shown parading and performing drills as Colonel Glass watches.~U.S.A.: Nation Marks Maritime Day. Events from around the country are shown: those lost at sea are remembered at a ceremony at the New York State Merchant Marine Academy; in Philadelphia, relatives of U-boat victims offer wreaths along the shore of the Delaware River; at a west coast ship yard, three ships are dedicated and launched on the same day.~Eastern Pennsylvania: 30 Die in Flash Flood. Shots of damaged bridges, washed out roads and railway lines, destroyed homes.~The World of Sports - Belmont Park, L.I.: Alsab Does it Again. Crowds look on as Alsab wins the Withers Stakes horse race.~St. Louis, MO.: City Circus Stars Shine. Chimpanzees at the St.Louis Zoo perform tricks for a crowd of onlookers; one chimp named Mussolini wears a military helmet and smokes a cigar.

Language:

English

Original number:

Vol. 15~Issue 87

Notes:

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1. Very rare example of a complete Canadian edition of a newsreel.~2. The United Nations Air Training Conference was held in Ottawa on May 18, 1942.~3. Head title reads: "The New Universal Presents The Canadian Universal Newsreel" and states that it is copyright MCMXLII, Universal Pictures Company, Inc.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

359351

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-7943

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

367624

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2002-01-0020

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

419905

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2006-02-0489

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-7943

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

436456

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-01-0034

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-7943

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

443280

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-09-0076

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

2006-02-0489
2007-01-0034

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

447538

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2007-12-0076

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

2006-02-0489

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

703695

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

326427.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

8:50

Made from:

2007-09-0076

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

977417

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2002-01-0037

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

CFI-1452-A
8102-0342
7301-4443
8704-0132
N-7943
8222-1346
8701-0699
8510-0631

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

999493

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

326427.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

326427.MOV

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2002-01-0020

Copyright status:

Copyright expired

Reproduction access:

copyright expired : no donor restrictions

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